Fresh off his title-winning fight against Michael Bisping last Saturday, Middleweight champion and MMA icon Georges St. Pierre has turned his attention to his teammates and friends who have big fights lined up. One of them is Brave Lightweight contender Ottman Azaitar, who will try to become the first-ever divisional champion in the main event of Brave 9: The Kingdom of Champions, in Bahrain, on November 17th. “The Bulldozer” will face Mexican standout Alejandro “Pato” Martínez on the main event at Khalifa Sports City Arena and received words of encouragement from GSP himself.
While the two haven’t had the opportunity to train together, Ottman revealed that, after becoming friends with St. Pierre, he has been invited to spend his next camp alongside the MMA legend and hopes that he can present a Brave belt to GSP.
“I first got in touch with Georges St. Pierre through a personal friend, who’s a teammate of his. Now he wished me good luck for my title fight and after that, we already have plans to do a fight camp together,” said Azaitar, thrilled with the support from a legend for the biggest bout of his career.
Brave 9: The Kingdom of Champions marks the promotion’s return to Bahrain after a year. During 2017, the organization has put on groundbreaking events in countries such as Brazil (twice), Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Kazakhstan. Brave 9 will be the culmination of the International Combat Week, alongside the IMMAF World Championships, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Main Card
Lightweight: Ottman Azaitar vs. Alejandro Martínez (for the inaugural title)
Featherweight: Elias Boudegzdame (champion) vs. Lucas Mineiro
Bantamweight: Gurdarshan Mangat vs. Stephen Loman (for the inaugural title)
Welterweight: Jarrah Al Selawe vs. Carl Booth
Lightweight: Gesias Cavalcante vs. Alan Omer
Lightweight: Erick Índio Brabo vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
Welterweight: Mohammad Fakhreddine vs. Tahar Hadbi
Prelim Card
Bantamweight: Mohammad Farhad vs. Hamza Kooheji
Bantamweight: Felipe Efrain vs. Nawras Abzakh
Lightweight: Ahmed Amir vs. Erik Carlsson
Bantamweight: Frans Mlambo vs. Michael Deiga-Scheck
Middleweight: Jeremy Smith vs. Ikram Aliskerov
Catchweight (150 lbs): Hardeep Rai vs. Alex Trinidad
Lightweight: Charlie Leary vs. Daniele Scatizzi
Bantamweight: Jeremy Pacatiw vs. Jalal Al Daaja
Strawweight: Atif Mohammed vs. Haider Farman
